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VOL.  XVIII.  KINGSTON,  CANADA,  JAN.  22ND,  1891.  No.  6. 


Queen’s  College  Journal 

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addressed  to  the  Business  Manager. 

WITH  this  number  we  present  to  our  l eaders  the 
portrait  of  Rev.  Dr.  Ross,  Professor  in  Apolo- 
getics and  N.  T.  Exegesis.  His  ability  as  a lecturer,  his 
gentlemanly  and  Christian  bearing,  and  the  warm  sym- 
pathy he  manifests  in  the  welfare  of  his  students  have 
won  for  him  their  love  and  respect.  A sketch  of  his  life 

will  be  found  in  another  column. 

* 

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It  is  with  p'easure  that  we  present  to  our  readers  a por- 
trait of  our  football  team,  which  has  so  ably  upheld  the 
honour  of  Queen’s  during  the  past  season.  We  are  justly 
proud  of  the  boys  who  have  proven  themselves  worthy  of  a 
high  place  in  football  circles,  and  have  shown  the  kind  of 
stuff  Queen’s  men  are  made  of.  'I he  Dominion  Illustrated, 
in  presenting  its  readers  with  a picture  of  our  team,  says 
of  them  : “It  is  true  they  are  not  champions  of  the 
Ontario  Union,  but  they  occupy  the  next  best  place. 
They  play  a strong,  hard  game,  and  in  both  their  matches 
they  gave  the  Hamilton  team  all  they  could  do.  Their 
first  match  with  the  champions  was  protested  and  the 
match  ordered  to  be  played  over  again,  but  they  were  no 
more  fortunate  in  their  second  attempt,  although  it  was 
a magnificent  struggle  to  the  last.  This  club  is  among 
the  most  enthusiastic  supporters  of  the  Rugby  game,  and 
a great  deal  of  the  popularity  of  the  game  in  the  west  is 
due  their  efforts.” 

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In  our  first  number  for  this  session  we  intimated  that 
we  wished  to  make  the  Journal,  as  far  as  possible,  a 
bond  of  union  between  the  students  and  graduates  of 
Queen’s. 

We  have  heard  it  said  in  past  years  that  the  Journal 
was  not  as  interesting  to  the  average  graduate  as  it 
might  have  been.  We  think  this  was  to  some  extent 


correct.  We  believe  the  same  remark  might  be  truthful- 
ly made  still.  But  on  whom  is  the  blame  for  this  to  be 
laid?  Can  students  be  expected  to  look  at  things  quite 
from  a graduate’s  point  of  view  ? We  think  not  Being 
anxious,  however,  to  do  what  we  could  to  make  the 
Journal  as  fully  representative  of  both  graduates  and 
students  as  possible,  we  intimated  that  we  would  be 
pleased  to  receive  articles  of  general  interest  from  any 
graduate.  Hoping  in  this  way  to  increase  the  interest  of 
the  Journal  for  both  graduates  and  students.  We  went 
even  further,  and  communicated  privately  with  several 
of  the  graduates  who  we  thought  would  be  most  likely  to 
assist  us.  Our  readers  know  how  the  graduates  have 
responded.  So  far  only  one  article  has  been  received, 
and  not  half  a dozen  graduates  have  prorrrised  articles. 
To  those  who  have  done  so  we  desire  to  express  our 
thanks  and  onr  appreciation  of  the  encouragements  and 
suggestions  received.  But  we  do  not  think  the  Journal 
had  a right  to  expect  such  a limited  response,  and  in  the 
future  if  anyone  says  the  Journal  is  not  so  inter  esting  to 
graduates  as  it  might  be,  we  shall  answer  that  the  grad- 
uates themselves  are  chiefly  to  blame  for  such  a state  of 
affairs.  If  the  graduates  do  not  do  something  itt  the  line 
suggested  the  Journal  must  become  wholly  a students’ 
paper. 

* * 

Irt  a recent  issue  of  the  Kingston  Whig  an  interesting 
review  was  given  of  the  Departmental  examination 
paper  orr  Geography  submitted  to  candidates  for  en- 
trance to  the  Collegiate  Institute.  The  reviewer  pointed 
out  that  the  reason  why  all  the  pupils  were  plucked  is 
found  in  the  absurdly  unsuitable  character  of  tire  paper- 
given  them.  The  fact  that  a readjustment  of  marks  had 
to  be  made  irr  order  that  all  the  candidates  might  not 
lose  the  examination  is  an  acknowledgement  by  the 
authorities  that  the  paper  was  unfair.  Many  of  the 
questions  are  simply  puzzles,  and  the  majority  of  them 
do  not  deal  with  the  subject.  To  place  an  unfair  paper- 
in  the  hands  of  pupils  is  certainly  a grave  mistake  and 
may  lead  to  serious  results.  It  does  not  give  a fair  test 
of  the  pupil’s  knowledge,  and  is  almost  certain  to  dis- 
courage the  honest  worker,  who  finds  himself  outstripped 
by  others  who  know  far  less  about  the  subject  than  he 
but  who  are  better  at  guessing.  There  is  no  examination 
which  means  so  much  to  the  boy  or  girl  or  on  which  so 
much  depends  as  the  entrance,  and  an  unfair  paper  may 
blight  the  future  prospects  of  the  most  promising  students. 
The  tendency  of  this  class  of  papers  is  also  to  prevent  the 
true  aim  of  education.  Instead  of  striving  to  give  the 
pupils  a thorough  knowledge  of  the  subject,  the  teacher 


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— and  we  cannot  blame  him,  for  his  success  is  generally 
reckoned  by  the  number  of  pupils  who  pass  from  his 
school  or  department  -will  be  tempted  to  drill  them  on 
questions  in  line  with  those  asked  on  the  subject,  and 
thus  make  them  expert  at  guessing.  We  write  thus  be- 
cause we  believe  that  the  paper  here  mentioned  is  an 
aggravated  type  of  a large  class  of  examinatmn  papers 
with  which  the  present  generation  of  Canadians  is  af- 
flicted. An  examination  paper  which  deals  fairly  with 
the  subject,  which  confines  itself  within  the  limits  of  the 
subject  and  is  unmistakable  in  its  meaning,  subserves  the 
aim  for  which  it  was  intended  ; but  a paper  of  any  other 
nature,  while  it  is  an  injustice  to  pupils  at  the  same 
time  shows  either  the  ignorance  or  conceit  of  the 
examiner. 

* 

* * 

“ In  addressing  partisan  meetings  of  this  kind  (public 
political  meetings,)  men  who  are  themselves  actively 
engaged  in  the  war  of  parties  and  deeply  interested  in  its 
results,  are  under  a strong  temptation  to  use  all  possible 
means  to  ruise  themselves  and  to  damage  their  opponents 
in  the  opinion  of  their  hearers.  Accordingly,  in  most  of 
the  speeches  delivered  on  these  occasions,  whether  by 
Conservatives,  Liberal  Unionists,  or  Home  Rulers,  there 
is  seldom  to  be  found  much  of  fairness  to  opponents,  or 
of  calm  reasoning  on  the  political  questions  of  the  day, 
but  a great  deal  of  skilful  misrepresentation,  and  of  tell- 
ing appeals  to  men’s  feelings  and  passions  for  or  against 
measures  which  the  speakers  desire  to  recommend  or  to 
disparage.”  This  quotation  from  an  article  by  the  Right 
Hon.  Earl  Urey,  in  the  Nineteenth  Century  for  December, 
seems  to  us  so  particularly  appropriate  to  Canadian 
politics  (by  simply  making  the  necessary  change  in  the 
names  of  political  parties)  that  we  desire  to  call  special 
attention  to  it.  No  one  can  seriously  deny  the  correct- 
ness of  the  characterization  as  applied  to  campaign 
speeches  in  Canada,  and  we  think  all  will  agree  with  the 
author  when  he  continues — “Public  meetings  thus  con- 
ducted can  hardly  fail  to  exercise  a bad  moral  influence 
over  both  the  speakers  and  the  hearprs.”  No  doubt  the 
appeal  to  “feelings  and  passions”  appears  to  secure  the 
end  quicker  and  easier  than  an  appeal  to  reason  ; but  we 
should  see  that  the  only  way  to  secure  permanent  con- 
victions is  by  an  appeal  to  reason.  In  such  a case  it  is 
certain  that  “the  longest  way  round  is  the  quickest  way 
home.” 

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* * 

The  Senate  of  Toronto  University  has  at  length  come 
to  the  conclusion  that  the  plan  brought  forward  some 
years  ago  by  Professor  Dupuis,  and  urged  repeatedly  by 
Principal  Grant,  of  a leaving  High  School  examination  in 
lieu  of  the  matriculation  examination,  will  promote  the 
best  interests  of  education  in  Ontario,  and  in  connection 
with  tbe  Department  of  Education  has  adopted  a method 
to  bring  this  plan  into  immediate  oper  ation.  A board  of 
eight  members,  four  appointed  by  the  Senate  of  Toronto 
and  four  by  the  Minister  of  Education,  controls  the  exam- 
ination and  has  power  to  select  sub-examiners.  This 
step  will  be  hailed  as  a boon  by  the  over  wrought  High 
School  teacher  who  frequently  has  had  almost  double 
work  to  perform  in  preparing  pupils  for  matriculation  to 


different  colleges.  In  lessening  the  extent  of  work  to  be 
done  a much  better  quality  may  be  expected.  It  is  to  be 
hoped  then  that  the  standard  of  the  leaving  examination 
will  be  made  much  higher  than  the  existing  standard  of 
matriculation  in  either  Toronto,  Queen’s,  or  any  of  the 
Ontario  Universities.  The  leaving  examination  will  no 
doubt  be  accepted  by  all  the  other  Universities  besides 
Toronto.  The  direct  benefit  to  colleges  will  be  relief 
from  the  work  of  examining  matriculants.  The  greatest 
advantage,  however,  will  come  indirectly  through  the 
High  Schools.  A much  better  quality  of  work  may  be 
expected  from  them,  and  as  a consequence  pupils  will  be 
better  prepared  to  take  up  University  work,  and  Univer- 
sities, instead  of  devoting  much  time  and  energy  to  work 
that  ought  to  be  done  in  the  High  School,  will  devote 
themselves  purely  to  work  that  only  a University  can  do. 
This  ideal  may  not  be  reached  for  some  years  to  come, 
yet  by  the  means  adopted  we  shall  certainly  move 
towards  it  more  rapidly  than  before. 


LiTer?ATUf?e. 

SONG, 

U V A <;_UAJ>UATE  OF  QUEEN'S. 

0 college  days,  sweet  college  days, 

How7  oft  my  saddened  spirit  prays 
In  tangled  maze,  in  sorrow  sore 
For  your  return,  sweet  days  of  yore  ! 

Bright  days  of  youth  so  full  of  fire, 

When  hope  and  joy  did  life  inspire — 

Light  days  when  time  ran  glad  and  free, 

When  earth  seemed  but  to  bloom  for  me. 

■Sweet,  balmy  days  when  rest  was  mine, 

When  love  was  clinging  as  a vine — 

When  music’s  flow  my  soul  did  thrill, 

When  sweet  ambition  led  my  will. 

Proud  days  when  honor  crowned  my  brow, 

Past  days  which  seem  so  dreamy  now, 

When  all  was  love,  when  all  gave  praise, 

Oh  happy  days,  sweet  happy  days  ! 

Days  when  my  genius  seemed  to  soar, 

When  fame  unlocked  her  treasure  store— 

Blithe  fleeting  days  whose  gladsome  glee, 

Such  charm,  such  comfort  lent  to  me. 

Glad  days  forever  gone  from  earth. 

Fond  days  of  fellowship  and  mirth — 

Sweet  days  when  friends  so  true  and  dear, 

From  distant  land  were  gathered  near. 

Sweet  days  when  youth  and  beauty  met, 

Whose  subtle  charm  enchants  me  yet 

O sunny  days  that  knew  no  sigh, 

Too  happy  far,  to  fair  to  die — 

Departed  days,  for  whose  return 
So  oft  I sigh,  so  oft  I yearn, 

So  well  I loved,  where’er  I be, 

Your  blithesome  beams  will  follow  me. 

Heloise. 


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THINE  EYES. 

In  dreamland  once,  I wandered  all  alone, 

Where  all  the  forest  trees  great  raindrops  wept 
In  sullen  silence  ; tears  that  soon  were  swept 
Away  unpitied.  E’en  the  night  wind’s  moan 
Was  hushed  by  murmurs  of  some  swollen  stream, 
That  rolled  the  fallen  rainclouds  through  the  night  : 
Till  in  its  deeper  waters  shone  the  light 
' Of  Heaven’s  stars.  Then  soon  their  silvery  gleam 
Was  dimmed  : a flush  of  brighter  glory  shone 
Above  the  clouds,  and  o’er  a stream  of  gold, 

The  moonbeams,  stealing,  kissed  me  while  they  told 
Such  tales  of  love,  that  I awoke.  Twas  dawn. 
Moonbeams,  dream-flashes  from  those  eyes  of  thine, 
Were  drowned  in  purer  light : thine  eyes  met  mine. 

. Redcliefe. 

Kingston,  Dee.  27th,  1890. 


SELECTIONS  FROM  NASSAU  LITERARY 
MAGAZINE. 

THE  TWO  ANSWERS. 

I asked  a maid  with  a fair  young  face 

The  hue  of  the  flower  that  men  call  love  ; 

She  smiled  and  blushed  with  a sweet,  shy  grace 
And  eyes  like  the  blue  above. 

“ White — snow-white, 

And  it  blooms  at  night, 

As  well  in  the  dark  as  the  day — 

Hid  in  the  shadow  or  out  in  the  light — 

And  best  of  all,  it  knows  no  blight, 

And  it  never  fades  away  '!  ” 

1 asked  a woman  out  in  the  street, 

Clothed  in  misery,  want  and  shame  ; 

Her  face  was  defiant  and  hard — not  sweet — 

Like  a rose  held  in  the  flame. 


‘ Red — blood-red, 

Is  the  flower,”  she  said, 

“ And  its  leaves  are  sin-color^  though  fair, 

It  cannot  live  and  grow  in  the  lieijal, 

So  it  springs  up  in  the  heart  instead 
And  kills  the  white  flowers  there.” 

George  P.  Wheeler. 


THE  CHANGING. 

1 he  ocean  never  rests  ; 

In  the  gleam  of  sunlight  fair, 

And  the  silvery  light  of  the  moon, 

There  is  ebbing  and  flowing  there, 

As  the  changing  waves  come  in,  they  roar 
On  the  sands  of  a changing  shore. 

In  a ceaseless,  restless  throb. 

When  the  evening  zephyrs  play, 

The  dancing  ripples  sparkle  and  leap 
In  the  dying  light  of  the  day  ; 

They  toss  and  break  all  thro’  the  night, 
And  toss  in  the  morning’s  light. 

Man’s  life  is  like  the  sea  : 

In  its  moods  of  restless  peace, 

In  its  scenes  of  calm  and  storm, 

Its  movements  never  cease. 

And  it  reaches  out  from  shore  to  shore, 
Prom  the  Now  to  the  Evermore. 


Time  and  change  must  die  ; 

No  more  shall  the  black  waves  foam, 

Nor  the  hurricane  move  the  deep, 

When  the  wearied  soul  comes  home  ; 

For  at  death  the  dark’ning  waters  flee 
And  peace  broods  on  the  sea. 

COURTLANDT  PATTERSON  BUTLER. 

MEMORY. 

Sadly  from  out  the  belfry  old, 

The  death-knell  of  the  year  has  tolled, 

And  on  the  echo  of  those  peals, 

Within  my  heart  swift  memory  steals, 

And  leads  me  back  o’er  travelled  ways, 

Thro’  vistas  of  the  dead  year’s  days, 

To  scenes  and  deeds  whose  stamp  must  be 
Unchanged  throughout  Eternity. 

Once  more  I feel  the  summer’s  blaze — 

The  magic  of  its  golden  days  ; 

Once  more  I feel  the  autumn’s  chill 
And  shrouded  winter’s  wayward  will — 

I see  again  the  castles  fair, 

Alas,  too  often  built  in  air  ; 

The  joys  and  sorrows,  hopes  and  fears, 

Mosaics  in  the  fane  of  years. 

And  "gently  led  by  memory  dear, 

Half  wonderingly  I see  and  hear 
The  treasured  look,  the  sweet-toned  word 
That  on  my  soul-harp  softly  stirred 
The  sleeping  music  of  a string — 

A note  one  touch  alone  could  bring. 

* * * * * 

The  lire  is  dead  ; a ruddy  ray 
Announces  “ I am  New  Year’s  Day.” 

Charles  B.  Newton. 

BOOKS. 

Life  of  Browning  by  William  Sharp.  Great  Writers 
Series.  Soudan,  W alter  Scott. 

Students,  who  are  interested  in  Browning,  will  find 
this  a delightful  volume.  Browning’s  death  is  too  recent 
for  an  exhaustive  personal  biography,  and  no  such  work 
has  been  attempted.  But  rarely  has  a poet  lived  so  ideal 
a poetic  life,  rarely  has  he  shown  purer  and  more  single- 
hearted  devotion  to  the  mission  entrusted  to  him  ; and 
this  makes  the  story  of  Browning’s  life  an  inspiration 
and  help.  Mr.  Sharp’s  book  admirably  brings  this  out. 
The  book  is  the  study  of  a poet,  not  a man.  His  life  is 
counted,  not  by  years  but  by  poems,  and  the  poems  are 
considered  as  parts  of  the  one  great  whole  which  makes 
Browning’s  works  ” not  a book  but  a literature.” 

And  yet,  though  so  thoroughly  and  professedly  literary 
a picture  of  the  poet,  a vivid  picture  of  his  intense  per- 
sonality, of  his  rich  and  varied  nature,  and  of  his  genial 
liberality  is  given.  We  do  not  see  the  inner  life  and 
struggles  of  the  poet,  but  we  have  a picture  of  him  as  he 
was  to  the  world  around  him.  To  those  about  him  his 
life  must  have  been  an  inspiration  of  no  common  order, 
and  this  circle  is  indefinitely  increased  by  this  book. 

As  a rapid  and  well-proportioned  picture  of  a poet  soul, 
the  work  deserves  high  praise.  The  criticism  is  keen 


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and  tine — though  somewhat  badly  expressed — and  con- 
cerns itself,  not  with  line  by  line  studies,  but  with 
general  outlines.  But  perhaps  we  cannot  do  better  than 
insert  a few  ([notations  which  will  speak  for  themselves  : 
“ Already  (at  twenty)  he  had  set  himself  to  the  analysis 
of  the  human  soul  in  its  manifold  aspects  ; already  he 
had  recognized,  that  for  him  at  least,  there  was  no  other- 
study  worthy  of  a life-long  devotion.  In  a sense  he  has 
fulfilled  this  early  dream  ; at  any  rate  we  have  a unique 
series  of  monodramatic  poems  illustrative  of  typical 
souls.  In  another  sense  the  major  portion  of  Browning’s 
life-work  is,  collectively,  one  monodramatic  “ epic.”  He 
is  himself  a type  of  the  subtle,  restless,  curious,  search- 
ing modern  age  of  which  he  is  the  profoundest  interpre- 
ter. Through  a multitude  of  masks  he,  the  typical  soul, 
speaks,  and  delivers  himself  of  a message  which  could 
not  be  pr  esented  emphatically  enough  as  the  utterance  of 
a single  individual.  He  is  a true  dramatic  poet,  though 
not  in  the  sense  in  which  Shakespeare  is.  Shakespeare 
and  his  kindred  project  themselves  into  the  lives  of  their 
imaginary  personages.  Browning  pays  little  heed  to 
external  life,  or  to  the  exigencies  of  action,  and  projects 
himself  into  the  minds  of  his  characters.  In  a word, 
Shakespeare’s  method  is  to  depict  a human  soul  in  action, 
with  all  the  pertinent  play  of  circumstance,  while  Brown- 
ing’s is  to  portray  the  processes  of  its  mental  and  spirit- 
ual development." 

“Occasionally  he  took  long  walks  into  the  countr  y.  One 
particular-  pleasure  was  to  lie  beside  a hedge,  or  sleep  in 
meadow  grasses,  or  under  a tree,  as  circumstances  attd 
the  mood  concurred,  and  there  to  give  himself  so  abso- 
lutely to  the  life  of  the  moment  that  even  the  shy  birds 
would  alight  close  by,  and  sometimes  venturesomely 
poise  themselves  on  suspicious  wings  for  a brief  space 
upon  his  recumbent  bcldy.  He  saw  and  watched  every- 
thing, the  bird  on  the  wing,  the  snail  dragging  its  shell 
up  the  pendulous  woodbine,  the  bee  adding  to  his  golden 
treasure  as  he  swung  in  the  bells  of  the  campanula,  the 
green  fly  darting  hither*  and  thither  like  an  animated 
seedling,  the  spider  weaving  her  gossamer  from  twig  to 
twig,  the  woodpecker  heedfully  scrutinising  the  lichen 
on  the  gttarled  oak  bole,  the  passage  of  the  wind  through 
leaves  or  across  grass,  the  motions  aird  shadows  of  the 
clouds,  and  so  forth.  These  were  his  golden  holidays.  ” 

A very  useful  feature  is  the  complete  bibliographies 
given  in  the  appendix.  The  student  can  there  find  a 
complete  list  of  all  that  Browning  ever  published,  and 
all  ever  published  about  hint,  and  this  cannot  but  prove 
extremely  useful.  We  hope  there  will  be  many  students 
who  will  not  grudge  the  thirty-five  cents  needed  to  add 
this  book  to  their  library.  C.  F.  H. 


POEMS  OFTEN  TEARS. 

During  the  past  two  years  Canadian  literature  has 
been  steadily  gaining  strength.  All  the  provinces  have 
contributed  largely,  but  none  more  ably  than  the  sea- 
girt, snow-burdened  Province  of  New  Brunswick.  One 
of  its  latest  productions  is  “Poems  of  Ten  Tears,”  by 
Matthew  Richey  Knight,  a dainty  little  volume  possess- 
ing a great  deal  of  poetic  power,  and  full  of  poetic  prom- 
ise. Mr.  Knight  is  not  totally  unknown  to  the  western 


world  of  Canada,  as  he  has  been  a frequent  contributor  to 
“ The  Week,"  and,  we  are  glad  to  learn,  has  had  several 
poems  lately  accepted  bv  leading  American  journals. 

The  first  thing  that  attracts  the  reader  in  this  little 
volume  is  the  powerful,  touching  dedication.  In  it  there 
is  no  striving  to  express  himself  as  prettily  as  possible  ; 
the  heart  speaks  to  the  spirit  heart  that  has  been  the 
inspiration  of  so  much  of  the  poet’s  verse.  This  poem  so 
well  illustrates  Mr.  Knight’s  genius  that  a quotation 
would  not  be  out  of  place  : 

“No  song  of  thine  can  reach  the  spirit  ear  ; 

No  plaining  note  can  draw  the  spirit  tear, 

Nor  page  of  thee  to  spirit  eye  appear. 

“ The  soul  of  thee  alone  its  way  can  press 
Through  sensuous  veil  to  her  unearthiness 
And  know,  not  hear,  that  lips  of  silence  bless.” 

Mr.  Knight  has  the  story  telling  faculty  to  no  small 
degree,  and  in  his  narrative  poem,  St.  Christopher, 
Nintoku  Tenno,  etc.,  well  sustains  the  story,  and  shows 
himself  possessed  of  considerable  fluency  of  language. 
While  he  is  not  strong  fiom  the  dramatic  side,  he  oc- 
casionally has  a verse  of  great  dramatic  force  : 

“ Offer  then 

Mixed  in  the  host  of  weaker  men 
And  brought  the  fire  and  force  of  ten.” 

It  needs  no  careful  reading  of  this  book  to  see  that  the 
poet  is  a loyal  Briton.  His  “ Canada  to  England,”  “ A 
Welcome,”  “ An  Ode,”  are  all  tributes  laid  at  the  feet  of 
the  throne.  While  in  these  poems  Mr.  Knight  shows  a 
fair  lyrical  movement  and  good  control  of  his  verbal 
material,  still  he  is  beneath  himself.  To  sing  well  a poet 
must  have  a thorough  grip  of  his  subject.  Royalty  is 
not  sufficiently  far  removed  from  us  in  this  age  to  be  a fit 
subject  for  a poem.  We  are  in  the  habit  of  criticising 
kingly  institutions  too  freely,  and  having  our  eyes  too 
well  opened  to  tile  fact  that  only  in  so  far  as  these  is 
authority  are  morally  and  spiritually  better  than  we  are, 
are  they  worthy  of  our  praise  ? When  we  sing  the  song 
of  kings  we  must  have  a trembling  doubt  in  our  hearts 
that  they  are  not  worthy  of  our  unrestrained  praise,  and 
our  readers  must  feel  that  our  verses,  that  depict  the 
quiet  love  of  wife  or  sister  whom  we  know,  are  of  far 
greater  value. 

The  tribute  to  Thomas  Carlyle  is  worthy  of  a second 
reading.  The  spirit  of  the  Seer  of  Scotland  is  truly 
grasped  and  depicted  .- 

“ He  stood  against  all  sham  and  show 
In  church  and  mart — 

My  soul,  though  bitter,  it  is  well  to  know 
All  that  thou  art  : 

So  mayst  thou  do  thy  part.” 

Mr.  Knight  is  not  only  a poet,  but  a prose  writer  of 
considerable  power.  He  has  just  issued  the  first  number 
of  a monthly  journal  ; it  is  an  enthusiastically  patriotic 
sheet,  and  contains  articles  by  many  of  the  best  known 
and  ablest  Canadian  writers. 


T.  G.  Marquis. 


REV.  DONALD  ROSS,  B.D.,  D.D., 

PROFESSOR  OF  APOLOGETICS  AND  NEW  TESTAMENT  CRITICISM. 


QUEEN’S  COLLEGE  JOURNAL. 


REV.  DONALD  ROSS,  B.D.,  D D. 

Ihe  subject  of  our  present  illustration  is  of  Celtic 
origin,  his  forefathers  having  been  Scottish  Highlanders. 
His  grandparents  were  among  the  pioneers  of  the  County 
of  Glengarry,  and  at  Martintown,  in  this  county,  he  first 
saw  the  light  on  the  second  of  December,  1837.  As  his 
parents  spoke  the  language  of  Adam  and  Eve,  the  be- 
loved (belie  of  the  Highlander,  so  the  child  spoke  no 
other  language  until  after  he  was  four  years  of  age,  at 
which  time  he  entered  the  district  school  and  began  to 
learn  English  At  the  early  age  of  eight  he  commenced 
the  study  of  Latin  and  Geometry,  and  his  love  for  these 
subjects  lias  continued  to  the  present  day.  He  attended 
the  school  pretty  regularly  until  the  age  of  fifteen,  at 
which  very  early  age  he  was  found  to  he  so  proficient 
that  lie  was  appointed  Master  of  the  same  school.  Here 
he  continued  teaching  and  studying  for  four  years,  at  the 
expiration  of  which  he  matriculated  into  Queen’s  Univer- 
sity, obtaining  the  Trustees’  Scholarship,  the  only  one 
then  established.  This  was  in  1857. 

From  Queen's,  after  a splendid  course,  he  graduated  in 
1860,  and  thence  giving  his  study  to  Theology,  he  won 
the  honor  of  being  the  first  person  who  received  the 
degree  of  H.  D.  from  that  Institution.  This  was  in  1863. 

In  Feb.  1864,  Mr.  Ross,  who  was  then  a clergyman, 
was  called  to  take  charge  of  the  Greek  and  Latin  classes 
in  Queen’s,  the  chair  of  which  had  become  vacant  for 
reasons  which  need  not  be  here  mentioned. 

l’he  wiiter’s  personal  acquaintance  with  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Ross,  dated  from  this  time,  and  he  well  remembers  how 
much  that  gentlemanly  scholar  was  beloved  by  all  the 
students  under  his  charge.  During  parts  of  the  years 
]8b4  and  I8(k>,  Mr.  Ross  travelled  in  Europe  to  fulfil  the 
condition  of  the  Theological  Fellowship  to  which  he 
was  elected.  Owing  to  the  illness  of  Prof.  Mackerras, 
and  during  his  necessary  absence  in  Italy  for  a session, 
Mr.  Ross  was  again  called  to  take  charge  of  the  Classical 
Department,  and  he  again  discharged  his  duties  to  the 
satisfaction  of  all.  This 'was  in  1874-ii. 

As  a clergyman  he  was  settled  in  the  charge  of  Chat- 
ham and  Grenville,  in  October  1871),  and  in  this  charge 
he  found  considerable  leisure  for  the  prosecution  of  his 
favorite  studies.  From  this  charge  he  was  translated  to 
Lachine,  in  1S76. 

In  session  1882-3  he  delivered,  with  great  success,  a 
course  of  Apologetics  in  Queen’s,  and  at  the  completion 
of  this  course,  in  April  of  1883,  he  was  appointed  to  the 
(.hair  of  Apologetics  and  New  Testament  Exegesis,  a 
chair  which  he  has  since  filled  with  great  honor  to  him- 
self and  great  benefit  to  the  Theological  students  under 
his  instruction.  A couple  of  years  ago  the  McGill  Uni- 
versity, of  Montreal,  did  an  honor  to  itself  by  conferring 
the  degree  of  I).  D.  on  Prof.  Ross. 

Dr.  Ross  is  certainly  a warm-hearted,  sympathetic 
man  in  the  best  sense  of  the  words.  He  has  a splendid 
physique  and  a well-cultured  and  well-balanced  mind, 
and  no  person  can  become  really  acquainted  with  him 
without  profiting  by  the  acquaintance.  During  the  many 
years  that  the  writer  has  known  him  he  has  been  a model 
student  with  all  his  studiousness  tempered  by  moral 
goodness  and  becoming  modesty. 


No  person  can  know  Dr.  Ross  and  not  love  him,  and 
the  sincere  wish  of  the  writer  is  that  he  may  he  spared 
for  many  yearb  to  adorn  the  Theological  Department  of 
Queen  s,  and  that  lie  may  also  he  spared  in  as  great 
measure  as  possible,  those  troubles  and  afflictions  which 
are  too  prone  to  fall  to  the  lot  of  suffering  humanity. 


GOLLGGG  JNGWS. 


THE  MUSEUM. 

THE  increasing  number  of  visitors  to  the  Museum 
proves  that  it  is  becoming  more  attractive  to  the 
general  public  every  year.  During  the  excursion  season 
strangers  from  neighboring  towns  and  cities  make  a point 
of  visiting  it  and  examining  its  objects  of  interest  or 
curiosity.  Every  session  some  new  additions  and  attrac- 
tions are  visible,  by  which  its  usefulness  is  largely  aug- 
mented. The  Herbarium  has  been  improved  by  the  ad- 
dition of  over  five  hundred  new  specimens  of  plants, 
which  have  been  mounted  and  arranged  for  consultation, 
and  students  may  now  be  seen  every  day  examining 
these  materials  which  have  been  furnished  for  their  use. 
The  collection  of  the  dowering  plants  of  Ontario  is  now 
almost  complete,  only  a few  of  the  rare  specimens  being 
lacking.  The  Ferns  and  their  allies,  and  also  the  Mosses 
are  well  represented,  and  a good  beginning  has  been  made 
in  the  collection  of  the  lower  forms  of  vegetation.  In 
addition  to  these  there  are  several  thousands  of  species 
representing  the  Flora  of  the  United  States,  Europe, 
Asia,  Australia,  and  other  regions,  so  that  the  Botanical 
student  can  now  make  himself  familiar  with  the  principal 
families  of  plants  found  in  the  civilized  regions  of  the 
globe.  The  increasing  demand  for  Science  Masters  in 
our  High  Schools  anil  Collegiate  Institutes  makes  the 
Herbarium  an  important  department  of  our  educational 
equipment. 

We  are  sorry  to  notice  that  the  collections  of  the  Zoolog- 
ical department  are  not  keeping  pace  with  the  others. 
This,  however,  is  easily  accounted  for  by  the  fact  that  the 
procuring  and  preserving  of  animals  is  attended  with  diffi- 
culty and  expense.  The  work  of  collecting  and  prepar- 
ing Herbarium  specimens  is  much  easier  and  more  pleas- 
ant than  that  of  hunting  and  mounting  any  of  the  wild 
animals  of  the  forest.  Besides,  very  few  of  those,  whose 
tastes  lead  them  to  collect  and  examine  flowers,  have  any 
inclination  to  destroy  the  lives  of  the  animals  that  may 
come  within  their  reach,  The  larger  animals  of  our 
country  are  now  becoming  rare  and  difficult  to  procure, 
and  it  is  exceedingly  desirable  that  some  of  our  many 
friends  should  make  an  effort  to  supply  us  with  speci- 
mens before  they  become  extinct  or  unattainable.  Can 
no  one  furnish  us  with  a Black  Bear,  a Beaver,  a Deer,  a 
Moose,  a Lynx,  or  even  our  native  mice  ? We  want 
some  companions  for  our  White  Bear  and  Caribou.  A 
collection  of  Snakes,  Lizards,  etc. , from  Panama,  present- 
ed by  Miss  Merrill,  of  Picton,  a few  weeks  ago,  is  one  of 
the  attractions  of  this  department. 

The  collections  of  Minerals  and  Rocks  have  been  largely 
increased  during  the  past  year.  The  specimens  received 
from  .the  estate  of  the  late  Rev.  Thomas  Bousfield  have 


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been  mostly  arrange,],  a.ul  fill  up  many  of  the  gaps  that  the  frontier,  and  in  spite  of  the  McKinley  Bill  a few 

.list  , t7Ur  H en  thC  Wh0lU  SBI'iCS  haS  b6en  faUhful  ^yterian.  from  Dakota  make  their  way  to 

distil  bated  in  their  appropriate  positions,  the  Minera-  the  meetings.  In  this  field  like  YVinkw  rh  , ' 

logical  department  will  present  very  respectable  facilities  preaching  stations.  It  is  cut  into  two  sections  by  the 
for  study.  I he  Curator  secured  a large  number  of  useful  Souris  river,  on  each  side  of  which  there  are  Lee 

and  valuable  specimens  last  summer,  which  serve  to  stations.  One  Presbyterian  and  two  union  Sunday 

bring  our  senes  of  Uurentian  rocks  nearer  to  comple-  Schools  are  kept  open  during  the  greater  part' of  the 
eraL  ^ ^nun'her^sP80168  are  8tiU  (W'  Alamada>  most  important  staVion,  has  a 

The  department  of  Palaeontology  received  a valuable  eighty  or  a hundred  people.  ThrL^ot^serWce^are 
addition  from  the  Museum  of  the  Geological  and  Natural  held  in  school  houses  and  two  in  private  houses 
History  Survey  at  Ottawa.  Many  of  the  species  are  Those  fields  are  very  thinly  settlL  as  tL  are  far 
from  the  Cretaceous  formations  of  the  North-West,  and  from  railroads  and  other  conveniences  ’ Man!  who  have 
icliei  e a lo„g>lt  want.  I hey  are  authoritatively  named,  homesteaded  land  and  secured  their  patents  have  return 

^!.;reN h“wT  rlua-,le/or  the  »»*«  * ed  * <*•* ,*«.  to  j:;: 

y-  ' y the  Palaso/oic  formations  are  now  ment  of  the  country.  Although  a large  percentage  of  the 
represented  in  our  collections,  and  the  student  is  enabled  people  are  Presbyterians,  it  is  difficult  to  find  tery  mat 
oh  am  a dearer  view  of  the  ancient  life  of  the  globe  around  one  station,  as  there  are  as  n,an„LL  I f 
than  he  could  possibly  secure  by  any  amount  of  reading  illations'  represented  in  each  field  ; hut  almost  a 1 
V e are,  however,  sadly  deficient  in  the  higher  classes  of  welcome  the  Missionary  to  their  midst  and  ho  s show 
fossils,  and  in  casts  representing  the  Fauna  of  the  him  the  greatest  degree  of  respect  Id  m L L 
ertiary  ages.  Will  any  kind  friend  furnish  us  with  a are  regular  attendants  at  his  services.  ’ ' " 

Mastodon  oi  with  any  of  his  contemporaries’  Tetnm-  The  f*t  , 

f . , , . J “H^ituies  . i^ec  orn  J^ne  gieat  majority  of  the  people  are  from  fln+nrm  D.ni 

nen  s remember  that  our  wants  are  increasing  more  are  by  no  means  an  inferior  sample  of  Ontario  people 
rapidly  than  onr  resources,  and  that  we  look  to  them  to  Many  of  them  are  persevering  young  men  who  have  cl 

cumstanees,  and  although  they  have  to  encounter  the 

_ . . many  difficulties  and  drawbacks  incident'll  to 

OUR  WESTERN  MISSIONS.  life,  they  meet  them  bravely  and  eheeS  w hile  t ey 

Our  College  Missionary  Association  has  hitherto  sup-  have  as  yet  little  encouragement  besides  the  In  re  proT 

ported  three  missions  in  the  west,  one  in  Manitoba  and  pent  of  better  times.  The  great  drawback esp edX Z 

wo  in  the  N.  W.  Territory.  The  first  of  these,  Waskada,  the  N.  W.T.,  is  the  want  of  a railroad  Lh^C  m 
is  about  twenty  miles  square,  extending  along  the  promised  them,  and  for  which  they  have  been  waiting 

American  border  from  twenty  miles  west  of  Deloraine,  since ’82.  Between  distance  from  markets,  losses  from 

e western  terminus  of  the  Pembina  branch  of  the  C.P.  frosts,  hail,  drouth,  and  other  inclemencies  of’ a capricious 

t ;,:v't  i,;:,tTenty''ive  mi,e8,,f  the  N'w/i-  di,iiate-  ^ - ye*  fa,-  zriz  : 

In  this  field  there  are  four  preaching  stations,  where  The  people,  however,  appreciate  the  efforts  of  the  W 

season'  f°rt,ilght^  ServIUCS  ara  held  (luring  the  summer  Nation  and  its  friends,  and  cheerfully  contribute,  perhaps 
• aud  as  they  are  not  very  far  apart  many  are  more,  according  to  their  means,  than  we  do  in  tile  east 
enabled  to  attend  different  stations  on  alternate  Sundays,  But  if  we  do  onr  part  now,  and  keep  up  those  mi 
and  thus  have  weekly  services.  There  are  no  churches  until  the  place  becomes  better  developed  and  settled  T 

in  he  field  and  the  services  are  held  in  small  but  com-  is,  surely,  not  too  much  to  hope  that L i ficlL  h 

fortablesehoo  houses.  A union  and  two  Presbyterian  come  not  one  but  many  self  supporUng  L grZio  L 
Sunday  Schools  are  kept  up  all  summer,  in  all  of  which  a seeing  that  the  three  fields  compile  a greater  aret  tin 

not6 very  Urge.  ^ ^ 10U8h  th<!  attel,dance  is  a11  o{  ‘he  seven  Provinces  of  the  Dominion.  The  moral 

'Vi  afl'n  n , , . condition  of  the  Western  States  should  be  to  us  a warn 

H e next  field  called  after  its  most  important  station,  iug  not  to  neglect  the  west  in  its  infancy  This  Vear  the 

\ nlaw,  ,s  about  thirty  miles  square,  lying  al80  along  Association  has  taken  up  two  additional  fields  v I 

the  American  border.  It  lies  in  the  N.W.T.  about  Grenfell  aud  Ravenswood,  both  in  the  N W T of  which 

twenty  miles  west  ot  the  Manitoba  boundary  line,  and  is  an  account  may  be  given  later  on.  ^ ^ ' ' ' ' °h 

cut  in  several  places  bv  a small  stream  called  the  Antler.  - . 

There  are  six  stations  where  fortnightly  services  are  held!  THE  TREASURER'S  REPORT 

two,,,  Presbyterian  churches,  three  in  school  houses,  Since  the  last  annual  report  of' 'the  Missionary  Asso,  i, 
and  one  in  a private  house.  Sunday  Schools  are  kept  open,  tion  was  published,  April  12th  1890  the  follol 
although  the  Missionary  cannot  give  them  much  atten-  summary  P ’ 6 toll°WmS  18  a 

ti°n,  as  his  time  and  energies  are  pretty  well  spent  by  home  missions. 

preaching  three  times  a Sunday,  and  riding  from  fifteen  Liabilities SI  427  ’ll 

to  twenty  miles  over  rough  prairie.  The  services  in  ReuelPts ’762  62 

this  field  are  well  attended  and  appreciated.  Raluma  t n , , . — ■ 

Adjacent  to  this  field,  and  of  much  the  same  extent  In  , "T  If,0'"  Apnl  Uth  ® 664  89 

and  character,  is  the  Alameda  field,  lying  almost  along  Treasu"r"  l°“S  " '°U  d *°  James  (Jattanach*  B A-  > 


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Contributions  should  be  sent  to  Rev.  Deo.  Bell,  LL.l). , 
Treasurer  of  F.  M. 

ADDITIONS  TO  THE  LIBRARY. 

ENGLISH. 

Arnold  i\l.  Essays  in  Criticism,  1st  and  2nd  series. 
Mixed  Essays. 

Culture  and  Anarchy. 

Study  of  Celtic  Literature. 

On  Translating  Homer. 

Browning  R.  Selections,  2 vols. 

Skeat.  Principles  of  Etymology. 

Carlyle.  Works,  14  vols. 

Coleridge.  Biographia  Literaria,  2 vols. 

Tennyson.  Poetical  Works. 

Arber.  Old  English  Re-prints,  12  vols. 

Nichal.  Tables  of  American  Literature. 

Rossetti  D.  G.  Works,  2 vols. 

Stapfer.  Shakespeare  and  Classical  Antiquity. 
Stedman.  Victorian  Poets. 

Gosse.  Shakespeare  to  Pope. 

Collier.  Payne.  English  Dramatic  Poetry,  3 vols. 
Dobson  Eighteenth  Century  Essays. 

Chesterfield.  Works. 

Bacon  Essays  by  Selby. 

Lowell.  My  Study  Windows. 

Matzner.  Altenglische  Sprachproben,  3 vols. 

Lowell.  Among  my  Books. 

Hawthorne.  The  House  of  the  Seven  Gables. 
Ransome.  Short  Studies  of  Shakespeare’s  Plots. 
Browne.  Notes  on  Shakespeare’s  Versification. 
Andreas.  Edit  by  Basket  will. 

Beowulf.  Trans  by  Garnett. 

Elene.  “ “ 

Gum  mere.  Handbook  of  Poetics. 

Norton.  Correspondence  between  Goethe  and  Carlyle. 
Hewlett.  Post  Norman  Britain. 

Rhys.  Celtic  Britain. 

Scrath.  Roman  Britain. 

Hunt,  Norman  Britain. 

Thackery.  Complete  Works,  27  vols. 

Johnson’s  Lives  of  the  Poets.  Edit,  by  M.  Arnold. 
Fatheringham.  Studies  in  the  Poetry  of  R.  Browning. 
Corson.  Introduction  to  Browning. 

Wall.  Sordello’s  Story. 

Ward.  The  English  Poets,  4 vols. 

Morley  H.  English  Writers,  2 vols. 

Roberts.  In  Divers  Tones. 

Bede.  Ecclesiastical  History. 

Anglo  Saxon  Chronicle 
Sweet.  Anglo  Saxon  Reader. 

Morris.  Historical  Outlines  of  English  Accidence. 

Elementary  Lessons  in  English  Grammar. 
Abbott.  Shakespearean  Grammar. 

Dowden.  Shakespeare. 


Taylor.  Words  and  Places. 

Chaucer.  Prologue  (by  Skeat.) 

Minor  Poems  (by  Skeat.) 

Second  Middle  English  Primer. 

Primer  of  Spoken  English. 

Second  Anglo  Saxon  Reader. 

Sweet.  History  of  English  Sounds. 

Mermaid  Series  of  Old  English  Dramatists,  15  vols. 

THE  ROYAL. 

The  .Esculapian  Society  has  done  much  for  the  students 
already,  but  we  would  call  attention  to  one  abuse  that 
sorely  needs  remedying.  This  is  the  custom  still  adhered 
to  of  students  offering  themselves  for  positions  of  honor 
in  the  college.  As  pleasure  sought  for  its  own  sake  is 
never  attained,  so  honor  sought  as  an  end  of  action  when 
gained  is  never  true  honor.  It  loses  its  chief  element  in 
being  solicited.  A modest  opinion  of  one’s  own  worth  is 
a necessary  constituent  of  high  estimation  in  the  eyes  of 
others.  The  student  who  voluntarily  offers  himself  for  a 
position  of  honor  must  be  content  to  sacrifice  much  that 
is  worth  having.  He  further  must  suffer  from  indignities 
heaped  upon  him  who  do  not  care  to  give  what  is  asked. 
But  the  men  most  deserving  of  honor  from  his  fellows  are 
hot  often  the  men  who  will  step  down  to  this  lower  level. 
The  man  of  greatest  worth  will  not  push  to  the  front 
under  such  circumstances.  But  the  disadvantages  to  the 
students  who  are  asked  to  bestow  this  favor  are  even 
greater.  It  is  a difficult  and  altogether  unpleasant  task 
to  tell  one  of  two  friends  that  his  opponent  is  more 
worthy  of  or  more  competent  to  fill  the  position  sought. 
When  honestly  done  it  is  very  liable  to  create  enmity  on 
the  part  of  one,  and  when  effort  is  made  to  avoid  this  it 
is  usually  at  the  expense  of  truth — a promise  being  made 
which  is  never  intended  to  be  kept.  It  may  happen  that 
neither  candidate  has  any  real  claim  to  the  honor  and  he 
that  would  venture  to  nominate  a third  person,  is  hence- 
forth considered  the  enemy  of  both  the  former. 

The  honorary  positions  at  the  disposal  of  the  students 
are  the  various  offices  in  our  different  societies  or  repre- 
sentatives of  the  college  to  re-unions  of  other  colleges. 

If  the  man  who  asks  to  be  elected  is  not  competent  to 
fill  an  important  office  in  a society,  can  that  society  do 
good  work  it  he  is  elected  V 

Again,  when  the  reputation  of  the  college  in  the  eyes 
of  the  students  of  other  colleges  rests  with  our  elected 
representative,  can  we  expect  that  reputation  to  be  sus- 
tained with  most  honor  to  us  when  the  fittest  man  to 
sustain  it  is  not  chosen  V Should  not  the  man  most 
worthy  be  the  choice  pf  the  students  as  a body  ? Let 
him  be  elected  on  his  merit — presented  if  necessary  by 
his  friends,  and  not  by  the  majority  of  the  votes  of  the 
new  men  who  promised  a vote  without  knowing  anything 
of  the  fitness  of  the  candidate.  If  the  strong  feeling  of 
the  students  is  not  sufficient  to  prevent  unworthy  men 
from  nominating  themselves,  could  not  some  method  of 
regulating  this  be  adopted  by  the  college  society  '! 

Mr.  E. — Mr.  Chairman,  I call  you  to  order.  If  you 
would  speak  to  the  motion  you  must  leave  the  chair. 

Chairman — Order,  gentlemen,  I’m  speaking. 


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If  you  ever  want  any  help  in  the  operating  room,  Jack, 
you  McColl  on  me.[ — A.  K. 

If  the  supply  was  equal  to  the  demand,  I would  soon 
have  a great  beard.  As  it  is,  I must  be  content  to  cover 
my  chin  by  letting  in  the  light  above. — J.  E.  Me. 

Some  of  our  stray  lambs  have  returned  to  the  fold  The 
Register  has  added  to  it  the  familiar  names  of  H.  Denant, 
W.  H.  Bourns,  B.  E.  Black,  A.  Crafts,  E Melville  and 
J.  Fowkes. 

THE  MEDICAL  DINNER. 

The  medicos  held  their  annual  dinner  at  the  Hotel 
Frontenac  on  the  evening  of  the  nineteenth  of  last  month. 
About  two  hundred  students  were  present. 

Among  those  present  were  the  professors  of  the  Royal, 
Dr.  Moore,  President  of  the  Ontario  Medical  Council, 
and  delegates  from  other  Medical  Colleges.  The  time 
before  dinner  was  passed  pleasantly  in  singing  songs  until 
about  nine  o’clock,  when  dinner  was  served.  Mr. 
Meacham,  of  the  fourth  year,  was  chairman.  The  first 
toast  was  “ The  Queen,”  after  which  the  students  sang 
“The  Maple  Leaf  Forever.”  The  second  toast,  “The 
Royal  and  Her  Faculty,”  was  proposed  by  A.  E.  McColl, 
B.A.  “ Our  Guests”  was  proposed  by  VV.  A.  Empey, 
and  responded  to  by  Mayor  Drennan,  Rev.  VV.  \V.  Car- 
son  and  others.  This  was  followed  by  a song,  “ The 
Tale  of  Two  Belles,”  by  H.  A.  Patkyn.  “ The  Ontario 
Medical  Council”  was  proposed  by  Hon.  Dr.  Sullivan. 
Dr.  Moore  responded.  “The  Ladies”  was  proposed  by 
J.  W.  White,  responded  to  by  N.  C.  Raymond  and  J.  T. 
Kennedy.  “Seeing  Nellie  Home”  was  sung  by  E.  B. 
Echlin,  B.A.  “The  Undergraduates”  was  proposed  by  Dr. 
Moore,  and  responded  to  by  Dr.  Ryan  for  the  seniors, 
R.  S.  Minnes,  M A.,  on  behalf  of  the  third  year,  J.  H. 
Cormack  for  second  year,  and  Mr.  Allan  for  the  first 
year.  Then  followed  a solo,  “Vive  LaCompanie,”  which 
was  rendered  by  N.  C.  Raymond.  The  next  toast  was 
“The  Press,”  Dr.  Sullivan  responded,  and  reviewed  the 
history  of  the  college.  He  also  gave  some  good  advice  to 
the  students.  The  different  members  of  the  faculty  a'so 
made  short  addresses.  “The  Sister  Institutions”  were 
proposed  by  E.  B.  Echlin,  B.A.,  and  responded  to  by  the 
delegates.  Then  followed  a song  by  the  students, 
“ Soldier’s  Farewell.”  Mr.  VV.  F.  Wood  proposed  “ Our 
Societies.”  Mr.  Robinson  responded  for  the  Alma 
Mater,  Mr.  Ryan  for  the  rEsculapian  Society.  The 
toast,  “ Queen’s  University,”  was  proposed  by  J.  E.  Me- 
Cuaig,  and  drank  to  the  relay,  “ Here’s  to  Good  Old 
Queen’s.”  Rev.  J.  Mackie  responded  in  a very  witty 
speech.  Mr.  Mackie’s  speech  was  followed  by  two  solos 
the  first  entitled  “Upidee,”  by  Mr.  N.  Raymond,  the 
second,  “The  Freshman’s  Fate,”  by  E.  B.  Echlin,  B.A. 

The  gathering  then  broke  up  after  having  spent  a very 
pleasant  evening. 

COLLEGE  NOTES. 

John,  there  is  a broken  bench  in  the  Hebrew  Class 
Room. 

The  Senate  and  Student’s  bulletin  boards  have  been 
moved. 


Why  don’t  the  Curators  get  a few  more  files  for  the 
reading  room  ? 

During  the  holidays  quite  a number  of  new  cupboards 
were  made.  Thanks. 

Several  of  the  students  made  their  debut  on  the  ice 
recently,  among  them  a prominent  divinity. 

Any  one  desiring  extra  copies  or  back  numbers  of  the 
Journal  please  whisper  to  Hugo. 

A promising  Soph,  recommends  a careful  perusal  of 
Wordsworth’s  “ Ode  to  Old  Mortality.” 

1 he  Journal  staff  would  like  to  know  why  a little 
heat  could  not  sometimes  visit  the  Sanctum. 

Drop  a dollar  into  the  slot  ami  see  the  business  man- 
ager smile.  No  trouble  to  make  out  receipts. 

The  following  entered  after  Xmas  : Messrs.  H.  Spencer, 
VV.  Moffatt,  C.  Bennett,  A.  F.  Grant  and  H.  Burns. 

On  severing  his  connection  with  his  class,  Tutor  G.  W. 
Mitchell,  B.A.,  was  presented  with  a gold-headed  cane. 

Sam  Burns,  Paul  Pergau,  .John  A.  Gillies,  in  Arts,  and 
Nat.  Stephens  and  Alex.  Robertson,  in  Medicine,  have 
returned. 

Miss  L.  R.  White,  of  ’92,  has  been  seriously  ill  for 
some  time,  but  we  are  glad  to  say  that  she  hopes  soon  to 
be  at  work  again. 

Junior  (showing  a Freshman  some  rare  ferns) — “You 
know  you  could  appreciate  these  a great  deal  better  if 
you  had  studied  Geology.” 

The  following  adopted  the  ancient  mode  of  loco- 
motion in  getting  back  to  work  : Hugh  Ross,  Dan 

Strachan  and  E.  J.  Rattee. 

Wanted  daily  -A  few  coppers  (smooth  preferred)  to 
put  down  men’s  backs.  Contributions  thankfully  re- 
ceived by  T.  R.  S — t,  John  Sli  p,  and  John  Fr-s-r. 

Wan  ted— A tutor  on  heat  for  the  Apologetics  Class 
Room.  Applications  must  be  in  by  February  1st.  All 
applicants  must  present  their  certificates  to  John. 

W e noticed  in  a late  issue  of  the  Whig  that  “the 
Minister  of  Education  had  appointed  John  Miller,  B.A., 
Deputy-Minister  of  Education.”  Is  this  our  John  ? 

The  lady  students  suggest  an  immediate  and  constant 
application  of  Koch  s preparation  as  a possible  means  of 
resuscitating  the  Glee  Club.  The  noble  “half  a Glee 
Club  only”  excepted. 

It  is  with  great  pleasure  that  the  girls,  especially  those 
of  the  class  of  ’92,  welcome  back  Miss  Josie  Wright. 
They  had  fears  that  she  was  going  to  forsake  them,  as 
Miss  McManus  has  done. 

If,  about  this  time,  you  visit  a “Divinity”  in  his  den, 
and  find  him  surrounded  by  Lexicons,  Commentaries, 
Hebrew  Psalters,  etc.,  with  his  hair  dishevelled,  and  a 
look  in  his  eye  not  quite  divine,  he  may  be  writing  a 
critical  exercise  on  a passage  of  Scripture  in  the  original 
tongue,  or  elaborating  a beautiful  Greek  Exegesis. 
Whichever  it  is,  you  had  better  retire  and  close  the  door 
softly  behind  you. 


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The  postmaster  will  give  out  the  Journal  to  the 
students. 

l’rofs.  Dupuis  and  Fletcher,  Dr.  Knight,  E.  0.  Sliter, 
M.A.,  J.  E.  Burgess,  M.A.,  have  been  appointed  sub- 
examiners  for  the  leaving  examination. 

At  the  first  of  the  session  we  feared  that  the  ladies  of 
the  Freshman  class  would  be  compelled  to  say  to  each 
other  like  the  raisins  in  a rice  pudding,  “Here  am  I, 
where  are  you  ?"  Only  three  of  them  putting  in  an  ap- 
pearance in  October.  However,  some  weeks  later  Miss 
Boddy  came  upon  the  scene,  and  now  their  number  has 
been  materially  increased  by  two  more  recruits,  Miss 
Nelson,  of  Wilton,  and  Miss  Odell,  of  Belmont. 

The  lectures  on  Old  Testament  introduction  this  ses- 
sion are  evincing  an  unusual  amount  of  interest  among 
the  students.  The  Professor  has  been  dealing  principally 
with  the  Rationalistic  Critics,  and  has  laid  bare  their 
inconsistencies  and  weak  points  in  a clear  and  conclusive 
manner.  It  is  to  be  regretted  that  more  extensive  notes 
of  these  valuable  lectures  cannot  be  taken  by  the 
students.  As  it  is,  only  a few  of  the  leading  points  of 
the  lectures  can  be  secured  by  the  most  adept  at  taking 
notes. 

The  Olee  and  Banjo  Clubs,  assisted  by  Mr.  Connery, 
gave  a concert  at  Fredericksburgh  on  Friday,  the  last 
day -of  classes.  A very  pleasant  time  was  spent  by  all, 
notwithstanding  the  fact  that  Father  time  succeeded  in 
gathering  in  twelve  golden  hours  between  the  time  of 
setting  out  and  that  of  returning.  On  the  following 
Tuesday,/  those  of  the  Olee  Club  who  were  still  in  the 
city,  were  gathered  together  on  very  short  notice  and 
drove  (?)  to  Olenvale.  Here  a very  creditable  entertain- 
ment was  given  to  an  appreeia  ive  audience.  If  we  may 
be  pardoned  for  singling  out  one  from  the  number,  for 
all  did  well,  we  would  congratulate  Mr.  Nickle,  who  ap- 
peared before  the  public  as  a chorister  for  the  first  time. 
We  admire  his — nerve. 

All  subscriptions' must  be  paid  In  by 
tbe  end  of  January. 

PERSONALS. 

Rev.  Rod  McKay  is  settled  in  Douglass. 

Norman  Grant,  B.A.,  has  opened  an  office  in  Halifax. 

W.  F.  McClement,  B.A.,  ’88,  is  teaching  in  Ingersoll. 

Dr.  McLaughlin  has  removed  from  Harrowsmith  to 
Morrisburg. 

Pete  Parker,  B.A.,  ’88,  gives  instruction  in  Classic  lore 
in  Orangeville. 

Dr.  McPherson,  ’90,  is  practising  in  Dexter,  Jefferson 
Co.,  New  York. 

We  are  sorry  that  F.  A.  McRae,  ’92,  has  to  quit  work 
for  the  session.  Hope  to  see  you  back  soon,  F.  A. 

Dr.  Whitney  finds  scope  for  applying  what  he  learned 
at  the  Royal  in  St.  Paul. 

J.  A.  Snell,  M.A.,  of  Mount  Forest,  is  well  and  likes 
the  Journal  better  than  ever. 


Rev.  Malcolm  McKinnon  is  ministering  to  the  spiritual 
needs  of  the  inhabitants  of  Lorneville  and  neighborhood. 

Fred  Young’s  law  office  can  be  seen  in  Grimsby.  He 
will  be  happy  to  conduct  any  Timmerman  cases  that  may 
arise. 

W.  B.  Kaylor  lias  accepted  a position  as  teacher  in 
Bath  public  school,  and  will  not  return  to  lectures  this 
session. 

The  best  speech  at  the  medical  dinner  was  the  one  that 
the  Chief  Justice  was  to  have  given  but  reserved  for  an- 
other occasion. 

Rev.  P.  A.  McLeod,  M.A.,  is  settled  at  Sonya.  He 
wishes  to  be  remembered  to  the  boys,  and  Dame  Rumor 
whispers  something  more. 

A.  P.  Chown,  M.D. , ’90,  after  completing  his  course  at 
the  Royal,  has  gone  over  to  Edinburgh,  ami  is  at  present 
prosecuting  his  studies  there. 

S.  N.  Davis  has  been  delayed  at  home  by  the  death  of 
a brother.  Deep  sympathy  is  felt  for  our  fellow-student 
and  friend  in  this  bereavement. 

Tlie  Meds.  were  much  pleased  to  have  amongst  the 
representatives  from  sister  colleges  at  their  dinner  their 
old  friend  F.  Switzer.  He  came  as  delegate  from  Trinity 
College. 

We  congratulate  the  following  fortunate  receivers  of 
substantial  New  Year  gifts  : 

Rev.  J.  G.  Potter,  Merrickville,  robe,  fur  coat  and 
cap;  Rev.  G.  McArthur,  Cardinal,  a fine  driving  horse; 
A.  K.  McLennan,  from  bis  last  summer  parishioners,  a 
handsome  fur  coat. 

We  are  pleased  to  learn  that  W.  G.  Bain,  B.A.,  ’86, 
has  passed  very  creditably  his  Barrister-  exams.  He  took 
first  place,  having  scored  high  all  round,  in  one  subject 
making  the  maximum  number  of  marks.  He  will  go  up 
this  month  for  his  Attorney. 

“One  more  unfortunate  rashly  importunate”  has  gone 
to  his  rest.  Ed.  Horsey,  M.D.,  ’89,  completed  himself 
by  taking  as  his  partner  Miss  McDonald.  His  much- 
frequented  office  may  be  seen  in  Owen  .Sound,  Congrat- 
ulations, Ed.  What  about  the  cuke  endowment  ? 

The  class  of  ’87  is  now  well  supplied  with  legal  ad- 
visers. W.  A.  Logic,  M . A . , gold  medalist  in  Classics, 
has  established  himself  at  Hamilton  ; John  McEwen  has 
made  Toronto  his  professional  home,  as  also  has  J.  J. 
Maclennan,  and  W.  J.  Kidd  has  decided  to  practise  his 
profession  in  Ottawa. 

That  the  Limestone  City  is  not  forgotten  by  our  grad- 
uates, is  plainly  shown  by  the  number  who  took  advant- 
age of  the  Xmas  Holidays  to  pay  a short  visit  to  their 
friends  Among  others  we  noticed  Angus  Baiu,  Will 
Curl,  E.  J.  Corkill,  Thomas  Henry  Farrell,  Billy  Givens, 
Frank  King,  John  Mills,  D Robertson,  Alex.  Ross,  Jim 
Smellie  and  Rev.  R.  J.  Sturgeon. 

If  any  subscriber  falls  to  receive  bis 
Journal,  we  shall  consider  it  a favour 
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eoi^espor<De  is  ee. 

Vernon',  B.C.,  31st  Dec.,  1890. 
Dear  old  Journal  : — , 

Yon  are  always  a welcome  visitor  in  this  far  western 
■country.  Come  as  often  as  you  can  ; glad  to  see  you. 
Noticing  that  some  have  been  giving  you  a few  experi- 
ences at  “roughing  it”  in  the  west,  would  like,  if 
you  don’t  mind,  to  add  a few  : 

Vernon  is  fifty  miles  from  Sicamous,  the  nearest  sta- 
tion on  the  C.  P.R.  You  can  either  drive  through  or  take 
the  “ Red  Star,”  which  plies  between  Sieatnous  and 
Euderby,  twenty-five  miles  up  the  Spallumeheen  River. 
I came  to.  Vernon  in  March  last,  and  in  June  left  for 
Winnipeg  to  bring  out  Mrs.  L.  and  the  wee  parson. 

When  within  a mile  of  Euderby  my  horse  took  fright 
at  a Klootchinan  with  a red  shawl  over  her  head,  darted 
into  the  ditch,  which  happened  to  be  deep,  threw  me  out. 
and  the  lesult  was  a leg  broken  in  two  places,  an  ankle- 
joint  dislocated,  and  ligaments  badly  torn.  Good-bye, 
Winnipeg. 

No.  2,  time,  six  weeks  later  ; place,  Okanagan  Valley 
twenty-five  miles  south  of  Vernon.  -Was  driving  out  on 
Saturday  to  conduct  service  on  Sabbath.  When  within 
two  miles  of  the  house  at  which  we  were  to  stay  over 
night,  the  miserable  horse  (which,  by  the  way,  had 
recently  been  purchased  from  a good  Presbyterian 
brother,  and  recommended  as  perfectly  gentle)  took  a 
notion  to  kick.  In  about  three  seconds  one  shaft  was 
broken  and  we  were  on  our  way  down  a bank  so  steep 
that  I was  thrown  clean  out  on  the  brute’s  back.  Mrs. 
L.  (brave  little  woman),  clinging  to  the  seat  with  one 
hand  and  holding  baby  with  the  other,  stayed  in.  We 
were  saved  a ducking,  perhaps  drowning,  by  one  wheel 
bringing  up  against  a tree  just  at  the  edge  of  the  lake. 
Scrambling  up  as  best  we  could  we  set  out  to  walk  the 
two  miles.  Mrs.  L.,  with  a badly  sprained  ankle,  having 
to  carry  baby,  and  your  humble  servant,  with  the  aid  of 
crutches,  bringing  up  the  rear.  “ The  next  thing  is 
something  else,”  so  said  the  clown. 

No  3,  a snake  story.— Mr.  Wright,  a brother  mission- 
ary at  Lansdowne,  and  I were  appointed  to  explore  the 
country  about  two  hundred  miles  south  of  here  with  a 
view  to  having  a missionary  sent  in.  Well,  on  the  way 
back  we  slept  in  a house  near  which  rattle  snakes  were 
said  to  be  plentiful.  About  midnight  Bro.  W.  gave  me  a 
nudge  in  the  ribs  and  said,  “ Langill,  I hear  a rattle 
snake.”  Things  began  to  be  intei  eating  about  that  time. 
However,  listening  intently  for  a little  and  hearing  noth- 
ing, I said,  “Rats,  man,  you’re  dreaming.”  Presently, 
however,  I heard  a peculiar  noise  and  felt  the  pillow  jar. 
Things  began  to  get  interesting  again.  A “council  of 
war”  was  held,  and  the  conclusion  was  that  the  invader 
was  under  the  floor,  and  so  we  went  to  sleep  feeling  per- 
fectly safe.  A few  days  ago  I had  word  that  his  snake- 
ship  came  out  through  a hole  in  the  paper  just  at  the 
head  of  the  bed  in  which  we  slept.  Uncomfortably  near, 
wasn’t  it  ? ’ 

By  the  way,  I forgot  to  tell  you  about  a duel  with  a 
large  “rattler”  on  the  way  down  that  trip.  However, 
“Bluenose  Muscle”  made  short  work  of  him. 


Oh,  I must  give  you  one  of  Bro.  VV’s  1001  conundrums. 
Tired  with  our  two  hundred  mile  ride,  we  used  to  bend 
forward  on  the  pommel  of  our  saddle  for  a change.  Once, 
when  doing  this,  W.  said,  “Langill,  why  are  we  like 
Ireland  ?”  “Give  it  up.”  “ Well,  said  he,  because  we 
have  a Dublin  in  the  middle.” 

Wishing  you  a prosperous  New  Year,  and  hoping  to  see 
you  often, 

I remain,  faithfully  your  old  friend, 

Paul  E.  Langill, 


„ ,,  “lauiw,  uec.  otn,  isau. 

Dear  Professor  Marshall  : — 

I know  you  will  be  pleased  to  learn  that,  after  a year’s 
profitable  sojourn  in  England,  my  wife  and  I have 
secured  passage  to  Japan  via  the  Suez.  We  leave 
London  (D.  V.)  on  Christmas  day  per  P.  and  O.  Steamer 


Valetta,  which  reaches  Colombo  January  20th.  Here 
we  change  ships,  S.S.  Bengal,  landing  us  at  Hong-Kong 
on  the  4th  of  February.  Two  days  later  we  embark  on  a 
Japanese  .Steamer,  which  is  due  at  Yokohama  February 
loth.  J 

The  first  six  months  of  this  year  we  devoted  to  evan- 
gelistic work  among  the  neglected  masses  of  this  vast 
metropolis.  We  shall  ever  have  reason  to  be  thankful 
for  the  valuable  experience  thus  gained.  Since  July  I 
have  been  engaged  in  the  head  office  of  the  C.  1.  Mission, 
and  have  here  made  many  warm  friends.  For  five  happy 
months  we  have  resided  at  the  China  Inland  Home— 
“Inglesby  House”— and  have  heartily  enjoyed  oirr  stay. 

On  leaving  Canada  we  stayed  a day  in  New  York,  and 
embarked  for  Glasgow  per  State  of  Nevada.  ...Favored 
with  fine  weather  and  a good  passage,  we  landed  at 
Greenock  January  12th.  The  few  days  we  spent  in 
Glasgow  and  Edinburgh  were  full  of  delightful  interest. 
Regarding  the  latter  place,  truly  the  half  had  not  been 
told  us.  We  next  came  to  the  metropolis,  and  in  London 
—with  its  din  and  its  traffic  and  its  fogs— we  have  lived 
till  the  present.  Here  we  have  well  improved  our  spare 
time  by  visiting  the  numerous  places  of  world-wide 


IC1JU  wu. 


uaa  ueeu  sj-ki 


jvulu is  an  euuca* 
tion.”  Certainly,  we  have  received  deep  and  lasting 
benefit  by  availing  ourselves  of  the  many  privileges  of 
this  favoured  city. 

Upon  one  uninviting  point  I must  touch  and  make 
some  little  explanation.  I regret  that  my  graduating  in 
American  Colleges  last  year  aroused  such  unjust  and  un- 
kind criticisms.  I refrained  from  replying  to  the  charges 
made  since  the  most  serious  of  them  were  totally  untrue. 
The  only  degree  granted  me  by  the  National  University 
was  that  of  B.A.,  which  I received  after  I had  taken  up 
the  subjects  I omitted  in  Queen’s.  I earned  my  M.A.— 
the  only  parchment  I have  besides— by  preparing  for 
Honor  Examinations  (of  the  Chicago  College  of  Science) 
which  I passed  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Council.  I have 
no  official  connection  with  either  of  these  Institutions, 
and.  will  not,  as  alleged,  represent  their  interests  in 
Japan.  I have  but  one  object  in  going  to  that  land  and 
that  is  to  preach  the  Gospel. 

Wishing  you  a very  enjoyable  holiday  season. 

Yours  sincerely, 


VV.  H.  Brokensiiire. 


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QUEEN’S  COLLEGE  JOURNAL. 


GOJSTf?15UTeO. 


THE  PURPOSE  OF  EDUCATION. 

It  would  seem  that  many  students  enter  college  with 
the  belief  that  their  course  of  study  will  include  all  the 
factors  needful  to  turn  them  out  educated  men  and 
women.  With  this  belief  dominating  their  inclinations 
and  actions  they  steer  clear  of  outside  things,  wise  or 
beautiful,  as  unnecessary  impediments.  Thus  not  a few 
substitute  a partial  development  for  a full  unfolding  of 
their  capabilities.  As  a German  writer  puts  it — “ The 
whole  end  of  education,  or  culture,  can  be  obtained  only 
by  developing  the  intellectual,  ethical,  economic  and 
(esthetic  sides  of  life.”  To  college  students  there  should 
be  no  need  to  urge  the  developing  of  the  first.  Nor 
should  there  be  any  need  to  urge  the  developing  of  the 
second,  unless  in  that  subtle  region  which  combines  both 
the  ethical  and  esthetic. 

When  we  come  to  the  economic  side  there  is  more  to 
say  than  space  in  which  to  say  it.  If  there  is  such  a 
necessity  for  man  to  study  the  resources  of  life  that  he 
may  find  time  to  develop  in  other  ways,  it  is  also  im- 
portant that  woman  should  give  much  thought  to  what 
in  her  particular  sphere  specially  affects  her.  The  most 
successful  housekeeping  is  that  in  which  the  machinery 
is  never  out  of  gear,  and  in  which  there  is  no  friction. 
To  achieve  this  perfectly  would  require  unlimited 
memory,  eyesight,  energy  and  tact,  but  to  make  the 
success  of  it  that  so  many  housekeepers  do,  often  necessi- 
tates the  forfeiture  of  the  (esthetic  side  of  life.  How 
many  women  spend  the  hitter  part  of  their  lives  hunger- 
ing and  thirsting  after  literature  and  the  beautiful  things 
of  life  ; but  hungering  and  thirsting  in  vain  because 
neither  they  nor  others  have  developed  the  means  of 
economizing  their  time. 

It  is  hoped  that  some  of  the  advantages  given  in  a 
college  course  may  be  used  directly  or  indirectly  to  this 
end.  It  is  hoped  that  the  future  influence  of  the  lady 
graduates  will  be  to  the  lightening  and  the  brightening 
of  womens’  lives  in  this  respect. 

Again,  such  is  the  hurry  and  scramble  to  keep  pace 
with  others,  to  cover  all  the  necessary  ground  of  each 
required  class  that  many  go  blindly  on  through  the  years 
between  their  initial  and  graduating  day,  ignoring  so  far 
as  possible  the  (esthetic  and  social  sides  of  life.  A due 
and  living  sense  of  the  beautiful  in  nature  and  art  is  such 
an  important  factor  in  the  make  up  of  an  educated  man 
or  woman  that  it  cannot  be  neglected  without  serious 
loss.  It  unites  refinement  of  one’s  nature  aud  a delicate 
regard  for  what  is  becoming  in  all  one’s  relations,  con- 
stituting the  essence  of  taste  in  its  widest  sense.  Taste 
is  that  undefinable  good  which  is  as  much  the  outcome  of 
many  elements  working  within  the  individual  as  know- 
ledge is  the  result  of  a wide  range  of  facts.  It  is  some- 
thing we  can  recognize  but  cannot  define.  This  is  one  of 
the  ultimate  things  of  true  development,  and  is  not  gain- 
ed by  the  closest  study  of  the  curriculum  alone. 

But  to  this  end  there  must  be  an  economical  arrange- 
ment of  daily  life  and  a recognition  of  the  fact  that  the 
(esthetic  is  a real  factor  in  education.  To  follow  the  best 


ideals  is  to  be  passing  daily  the  mileposts  on  the  one 
l'oad  to  success.  For  unless  we  can  “rise  on  stepping- 
stones  of  our  deoil  selves  to  higher  things”  day  by  day 
on  the  special  traits  that  makes  the  bias  of  the  whole  life, 
we  are  not  rounding  our  natures  to  that  perfection  of 
which  we  are  each' capable.  An  essential  to  this  good 
end  is  a good  physique.  Nature  gives  once  the  where- 
withal to  develop  the  physical  nature.  If  the  protectors 
of  our  young  days  have  given  us  that  bequest  unimpaired 
when  we  arrived  at  years  of  discretion,  it  is  largely  our 
faults  if  we  are  paying  debts  to  nature  in  pain,  wakeful- 
ness, or  any  one  of  the  thousand  ills  that  follow  an  out- 
rage of  nature’s  requirements.  The  first  twinge  of  pain, 
the  first  feeling  of  unexperienced  languor,  headache, 
dizziness,  etc,  ought  to  be  as  a trumpet  call  to  halt  and 
inspect  our  accounts  with  nature.  Education  was  never 
intended  and  is  not  expected  to  impair  the  physical  well- 
being of  any  individual.  It  fails  in  its  aims  if  it  does 
this.  During  the  university  course  the  solid  foundations 
of  all  these  parts  should  be  laid.  There  the  impetus 
given  to  work  on  in  the  same  lines  through  the  practical 
life  that  will  be  reached  after  the  college  days  are  past. 
There’s  the  marble,  there’s  the  chisel, 

Take  them,  work  them  to  thy  will, 

Thou  alone  eanst  shape  thy  future, 

Heaven  give  thee  grace  and  skill. 


*OUI?  TABLE.* 


JT&HE  A rgo»y  sends  its  subscribers  a Christmas  number 

I very  tastily  made  up  sheet.  The  cover  of  this 
special  number  is  neat  indeed.  It  ought  to  give  the 
Editors  an  idea  of  how  much  after  all  the  appearance  of  a 
thing  contributes  to  our  happiness  in  receiving  it. 

From  the  Metropolis  of  the  Prairie  Province  comes  the 
,S7.  John's  College  Magazine,  fresh  as  the  summer  breeze 
on  those  Canadian  savannas 

The  King's  College  Record  is  among  our  exchanges. 
Like  most  papers  of  the  kind  it  has  not  yet  reached  a 
very  high  degree  of  excellence.  Some  lively  college  news 
and  a joke  column  would  prove  a delightful  sauce  with 
the  goodly  amount  of  dry  matter  the  journal  contains. 
There  is,  however,  a very  marked  improvement  in  the 
present  volume. 

Knox  College  Monthly  appears  to  be  in  a transitionary 
state  and  will  probably  have  left,  for  ever  the  college 
which  gave  it  birth,  before  our  exchange  Editor  next 
year  has  pointed  his  quill.  Year  after  year  since  the 
Monthly’s  first  appearance  have  we  duly  received  aud 
adopted  its  faithful  report  of  the  proceedings  in  the  sister 
college.  Frequently  it  has  been  our  pleasure  to  review 
one  or  other  of  the  many  excellent  articles  found  within 
its  covers.  It  has  always  been  one  of  our  best  exchanges, 
and  has  deserved  all  the  attention  we  paid  it.  Under  its 
present  management  it  has  been  especially  worthy  of  our 
praise,  but  we  can  no  longer  praise  it  as  a College  Maga- 
zine, for  it  is  not  now  the  exponent  of  student  life  at 
Knox,  and,  apart  from  its  literary  character,  can  have 
little  interest  for  students.  We  think  it  unfortunate 
that  it  is  so,  but  we  hope  that  when  the  Monthly  has 


QUEEN’S  COLLEGE  JOURNAL. 


stepped  into  the  ranks  of  extra-mural  literature,  it  will 
be  succeeded  by  a model  College  Journal. 

In  the  December  number  of  the  Monthly  we  notice  an 
apology  for  capital  punishment,  written  by  the  Rev.  J. 
McD.  Duncan,  of  Tottenham.  In  treating  the  subject  he 
asks  two  questions  : Firstly— Is  the  life  of  the  murderer 
justly  forfeited  ? Secondly— Is  the  state  authorized  to 
take  away  the  forfeited  life  ? His  article  is  brief  and  to 
the  point,  and  he  sums  up  his  well-ordered  arguments  as 
follows  : 

1.  The  teachings  of  the  Bible  and  the  opinions  of  man- 
kind make  clear  the  intention  of  God  that  the  murderer 
should  be  punished  by  death. 

2.  The  state  is  the  divinely  appointed  agent  for  carry- 
ing on  this  clearly  indicated  intention  of  God. 

In  the  same  number  we  read  with  pleasure,  “A  Day 
in  Pompeii,”  by  .1,  J.  Elliott.  The  writer  has  not  visited 
the  ruins  of  that  ancient  city  for  naught.  He  paints  in 
glowing  colours  the  customs  and  manners  of  those 
old  Romans  whose  life  of  toil  and  pleasure  was  so  rudely 
interrupted  on  the  fatal  day  eighteen  centuries  ago. 

Again,  “The  Editor’s  Book  Shelf”  has  a deep  interest 
for  us.  The  able  review  of  “ The  New  Apologetic,”  by 
Dr.  Watts,  of  Belfast,  will  be  read  with  pleasure  by 
every  fair-minded  mail,  interested  in  the  “New  Apolo- 
getic” movement.  The  reviewer,  while  not  undertaking 
to  defend  the  new  Scottish  School  “against  such  eminent 
and  honoured  men  as  Dr.  Watts  and  Mr.  Spurgeon,”  yet 
casts  himself  on  the  side  of  that  school  because  of  the 
Christlike  spirit  it  displays  in  marked  contrast  to  its 
opponents.  He  points  out  the  design  of  the  movement, 
namely,  “to  redeem  Theology  from  the  abuses  of  the 
church  and  to  emphasize  the  spirituality  of  religion.”  In 
their  attempt  to  do  this  they  have  merely  done  what 
other  epoch-making  men  have  done  before  them— present- 
ed an  exaggeration  of  the  truth  they  desired  to  inculcate. 
Ihe  Monthly  is  becoming  a popular  magazine. 

We  welcome  Our  Bulletin  (a  bi-monthly  journal  pub- 
lished in  Diew  Theological  Seminary,  Madison,  N.J.,)  to 
a place  on  our  table.  This  magazine  is  in  its  first 
volume,  of  which  three  numbers  have  already  been 
issued.  Its  appearance  and  tone  bespeak  for  it  a wide 
circulation  among  those  interested  in  the  college.  “ The 

object  of  the  paper,”  says  the  Editor,  “ is  to  keep  the 

alumni  and  friends  of  Drew  Seminary  informed  of  the 
work  and  success  of  the  institution  and  its  graduates  ” 
This  is  the  object  of  every  college  journal  worthy  of  the 
name.  There  surely  are  newspapers  and  magazines 
enough  outside  college  walls  to  discuss  at  length  the 
various  scientific,  philosophic  and  religious  questions  of 
the  day,  and  it  is  our  conviction  that  such  discussion 
should  not  be  conspicuous  in  a college  paper.  College 
news  is  read  with  avidity  by  every  student  and  graduate, 
and  nine-tenths  of  the  subscribers  read  little  more.  We 
welcome  Our  Bulletin , and  all  the  more  heartily  because 
it  comes  from  a college  where  two  of  our  graduates  have 
decided  to  pursue  the  study  of  Theology. 


There  are  over  200  students  attending  Dalhousie.  That 
is  of  course  counting  both  Law  and  Arts  students. 


De  F031S  JNORilisus. 


A JUNIOR  became  so  enthusiastic  on  election  day 
that  he  was  quite  sure  he  could  drive  a conveyance 
containing  some  ladies  to  the  polling  booth.  The  con- 
tract included  the  difficult  task  of  turning  corners. 
Shortly  afterwards  lie  was  heard  to  murmur:  “The 
blamed  rig  got  all  twisted  up,  and  we— we  got  upsot.” 

Prof,  in  Senior  Philosophy— Mr.  B.,  read  your  essay 
on  Comte’s  developemeut  of  knowledge. 

Mr.  B.  starts  in  an  undertone— 'Ihe  subject  whose 
philosophy  we  shall  discuss  was  horn  in  the  year  1798. 
His  parents  were  of  Roman  Catholic  extraction,  and 
reared  their  son  on  buckwheat  pan-cakes  and  the  Roman 
Catholic  faith,  and— 

Prof. — That  will  do. 

Mr.  B.  resumes  his  seat  amid  showers  of  bouquets. 

Professor  of  Senior  History— During  the  Feudal  System 
the  Gallican  Clergy  possessed  many  secular  privileges, 
one  of  which  was  exemption  from  paying  tribute  for  the 
support  of  civil  government. 

Mr.  R— 11.— Professor,  is  that  the  reason  why  Clergy- 
men and  Professors  are  not  obliged  to  do  road  work  ? 

D"~s-  I don’t  think  Mill  proves  his  point,  and  I doubt 
if  even  I could. 

Prof. — I doubt  it,  too. 

Apologetics  Classroom  (student  who  has  just  been 
asked  a question  by  the  Prof.) - We  are  paralyzed— 

Prof. — Terrible  confession,  Mr.  McLen-n. 

THE  WAIL  OF  THE  SENIOR  PHILOSOPHY  CLASS. 

, A hunting  and  fuming  all  day  we  go  round, 

And  a blinking  and  thinking  at  night  we  are  found, 
Divide  your  ideas  into  parts,  they  declare, 

Until  you  must  stop— I am  sure  I got  there. 

CHORUS. 

Space,  space,  space, 

Till  my  head  is  nearly  cracked, 

Space,  space,  space, 

Till  my  brains  are  totally  racked, 

Space,  space,  space, 

What  it  means  I can’t  make  out, 

Space,  space,  SPACE, 

What  is  it  he’s  talking  about? 

There  ! Get  your  corpuscles  and  lay  them  out  straight, 

Be  sure  that  not  one  of  them  comes  in  too  late, 

Then  let  your  eye  quickly  from  end  to  end  flee', 

And  the  Prof’s  everlasting  red  desk  you  will  see. 

Chorus. 

Now  they  say  of  atoms  that  desk  is  composed, 

And  each  poor  little  atom  with  color  is  closed, 

Does  the  man  think  to  stuff  us  with  such  crazy  tales, 
When  we  know  the  desk’s  made  of  boards  and  of 
nails. 


Chorus. 


94 


QUEEN’S  COLLEGE  JOURNAL. 


THE  FRESHMAN'S  ROMANCE. 

He  was  a Freshman  bold  of  cheeky  mien, 

His  features  seemed  to  savour  much  of  gall, 

His  freshness  in  the  college  walls  was  seen 
And  marked  by  all. 

The  senior’s  eagle  eye  descried  his  game, 

The  sheriff  did  his  duty  like  a man, 

Before  the  Ancient  Court  the  freshie  came 
To  hear  its  ban 

High  on  a four-legged  stool  the  culprit  sat, 

His  learned  counsel  made  a skilled  defence, 

But  little  did  the  .Jury  care  for  that, 

They  had  more  sense. 

The  Jury  then  retired,  but  soon  returned, 

“ Guilty,”  their  verdict  was  with  one  accord, 

The  foreman  said,  then  to  the  judge  he  turned, 

“ Ahem  ! My  Lord, 

We  were  not  captured  by  his  voice  so  rich, 

Nor  by  his  lovely  face  so  fresh  and  young, 

But  by  the  sweet  dexterity  with  which 
His  slang  he  slung.” 

Then  quickly  from  his  seat  the  Judge  arose, 

“ Young  man,”  he  said,  “ I’m  grieved  at  your  offence, 
You’re  young,  iand  now,  as  we  this  court  must  close, 
I fine  you  fifty  cents.” 


LEARN  EVERETT  SHORTHAND. 


...  worn,  navmg  been  in- 
vented Ivy  that  distinguished  British  Scientist,  Prof.  Everett  of 
Queen  s College,  Belfast,  who  thoroughly  understands  what  a Col- 
lege student  requires. 

—It  is  the  briefest  legible  system  extant. 


3. — It  is  simplicity  itself,  easy  to  write,  easy  to  learn  and  easy  to  read. 

4. — Hardly  any  grammalogues,  while  in  Pitmanic  systems  these  are 

counted  by  the  thousand. 

5. — Vowels  are  indicated  even  in  the  briefest  reporting,  therefore  un- 

familiar words  in  Greek  or  Latin  can  he  written  at  speed  and  read 
afterwards  a feature  which  no  other  system  can  boast  of. 

6.  No  one  who  has  mastered  its  principles  has  given  it  up  for  another 

system,  while  numbers  have  abandoned  the  Pitman  systems  and 
use  Everett  s.  3 


7.-  N0  need  of  a teacher,  simply  procure  a text  hook  and  learn 
system  yourself  during  the  holidays. 

Lor  circulars  or  further  information  apply  to 


the 


HERBERT  V.  MALONE,  Queen’s  College,  Kingston. 


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The  hoy  stood  in  those  awful  halls, 

While  all  but  he  did  quake, 

He  had  a most  tremendous  gall, 

That  did  him  ne’er  forsake. 

Written  by  Somebody. 

W hy,  Mr.  H , you  told  me  it  was  eleven  o’clock 

and  it  is  only  9.30. 

Well,  Miss , you  know  there  is  always  a reduc- 

tion of  10  per  cent,  to  students. 


IMPORTANT  • 

• TO  STUDENTS. 


10  PER  CENT.  OFF  TO  STUDENTS  AT 


WHAT  THEY  ARE  SAYING. 

Classifying  essays  in  Philosophy  is  a rank  job.— [Prof 
Dy-e. 


HaPdiJ’g  One  price  j&ore. 


I have  heard  that  there  are  three  Graces,  but  there  is 
only  one  Grace  for  me.—  [G.  F.  MaeD-ell. 


Let  us  trace  the  Antediluvian  or  Adamic  for  Shortt 

[C.  McN-b. 

Why  don’t  the  Secretary  of  the  A.M.S.  put  up  notices 
of  meetings  that  can  be  seen? — [The  Students. 

We  have  a good  hockey  team.  —[Guy  Curtis. 

Oh,  not  too  bad. — [R,  Finlayson. 

The  profs,  don’t  seem  to  appreciate  my  reasoning. [J. 


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We  are  going  to  have  a lecture  on  Coach’s  Limp 
(Koch’x  Lymph  ) — [John. 


MAGAZINES  and  MUSIC  bound  in  any  style. 

BLANK  BOOKS  ruled  and  bound  to  any  pattern 
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